Diagnosis:Paramiana callaisata is possibly
the most distinctive member of the smaragdina species group.
Its most recognizable feature is a large, white forewing reniform mark.
The reniform mark commonly has an inner circle of light gray, but the
white dominates and makes the mark the dominant feature of the forewing.
The overall coloration of the wing is deep, dark brown. The basal area
is suffused with dull gray-green scales, although the area looks dull
olive brown rather than exhibiting the metallic green flashes of new species
2 and smaragdina. The antemedial line is light, obscure brown
slightly edged outwardly with a little black, and with three scallops,
one near the costa, the second in the middle of the wing, and the third
near the inner margin. The claviform mark is present, ovate, defined by
black, and sometimes nearly filled with black as well. A black patch is
present on the inner side of the postmedial line opposite the claviform
mark and in a few specimens is large enough to nearly join with the black
of the claviform mark making a black streak through the center of the
median area. The median area is not flecked with gray-green scales and
is clearly browner than either the basal region or the third of the wing
following the postmedial line. The medial line is weak. The orbicular
mark is a small circle and is very inconspicuous relative to the reniform
mark. The postmedial line is minutely scalloped, light, and vaguely defined
by black on its inner side. The outer third of the wing past the postmedial
line is flecked with dull gray-green scales, although never conspicuously
so, and a series of light yellow-brown dots is present along the outer
margin. The hindwing is dull brown white (males) or suffused with brown-gray
(females). A dull brown subterminal band, postmedial line, and discal
dot are present in males, but these marks are obscured in females.Wing
length: mean = 13.03 mm, standard deviation = 0.16 mm, n = 10.

Adults have been collected in August and September.

Distribution:Paramiana callaisata is known
only from western Texas and has been collected in Brewster, Culberson,
and Jeff Davis Counties. The female hindwing is darker than the male and
the hindwing markings found in the male and obscured in the female. The
amount of white scaling in the forewing reniform is slightly variable
as is the amount of gray-green scaling in the basal and subterminal regions
of the forewing, i.e. some specimens tend to be browner and others possess
a distinct olive-brown cast.

Identification Quality: Excellent

Larva: Unknown

Foodplants: Unknown

Paramiana callaisata

This species is easily separated from smaragdina and new species
2 by the absence of bright green patches of scales on the forewing and
by the conspicuous white reniform mark. Size will distinguish it from
either marina or Paramiana new species 4. The species
is most likely to be confused with Paramiana new species 1.
The conspicuous white reniform mark of callaisata should immediately
identify it. The male clasper is much narrower and more arcuate than
in new species 1 and the female appendix bursae is more triangular and
not as elongate.